On Sept. 5, I submitted a complaint to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, regarding unethical use of taxpayer …
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Rachel Happel Guest Columnists Oct. 20, 2023 1:07 pm841d ago
On Sept. 5, I submitted a complaint to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, regarding unethical use of taxpayer …
Linn County State Lawmakers Guest Columnists Oct. 24, 2023 8:52 pm836d ago
Voting in school board elections is crucial. Maybe your favorite teacher was somebody who took the extra time to build …
Kaitlin Byers
Guest Columnists Oct. 19, 2023 5:00 am842d ago
I have lived in this community a combined 30 years, spending K-12 as a student in the Cedar Rapids Community …
Dexter Merschbrock
Guest Columnists Oct. 19, 2023 5:00 am842d ago
Four years ago, when I was a candidate for the first time for a school board position in Cedar Rapids, …
Dan Bahan
Guest Columnists Oct. 18, 2023 5:00 am843d ago
I am running for City Council driven by a deep commitment to our community. Having grown up here since the …
Scott Olson
Guest Columnists Oct. 18, 2023 5:00 am843d ago
During my 11 and a half years on the City Council, I have worked to show leadership; accepted committee assignments …
David Tominsky Guest Columnists Oct. 18, 2023 5:00 am843d ago
Twenty-three years ago, my wife and I had just graduated from Coe College and were looking forward to starting our …
Sam Helmick Guest Columnists Oct. 18, 2023 5:00 am843d ago
As the Iowa Library Association President, I seek your support to Iowa communities affected by House File 718 as levy …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Oct. 16, 2023 5:00 am845d ago
If they made Superman outfits in extra, extra large, I would buy one for him or borrow Sen. Grassley’s for …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 5:00 am846d ago
It has been a good week out here for wildlife. Last night two barred owls had a conversation in the …
John Hendrickson
Guest Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 5:00 am846d ago
President Calvin Coolidge regarded “a good budget as among the most noblest monuments of virtue.” For Coolidge, fiscal conservatism or …
David Wendell
Guest Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 5:00 am846d ago
A trio of early Iowa automakers dreamed of competing with Ford
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